Core i7-6700 vs Ryzen 9 7940HS comparison
Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 7940HS performs better than the Core i7-6700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700 in all gaming tests too.
When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has significantly more cores with 8 cores compared to the Core i7-6700 that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700. Also, the Ryzen 9 7940HS has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Ryzen 9 7940HS outputs less heat than Core i7-6700 thanks to a slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. The info from our database shows that the Ryzen 9 7940HS has more L2 cache than the Core i7-6700. The Ryzen 9 7940HS also has significantly more L3 cache.
The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-6700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.
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